p7 summary of isa
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Summary of ISAs
for ACCA P7 Students
The Essential Knowledge
Paul Merison
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Overview
• ISA 200 – 265
– Basic concepts/issues affecting whole audit
• ISA 300 – 330
– Planning / Controls Assessment
• ISA 402 – 580
– Evidence and Completion
• ISA 600 – 620
– Reliance on work of others
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Overview 2
• ISA 700 – 720
– Audit report issues
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SSA 200 - 265
• ISA 200 – Objectives & Conduct of audit
• ISA 210 – Engagement Letters
• ISA 220 – Quality Control
• ISA 230 – Documenting the Audit
• ISA 240 – Fraud
• ISA 250 – Laws & Regs at clients
• ISA 260 – Communicating with TCWG• ISA 265 – Reporting Significant Deficiencies in
Internal Controls to TCWG
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ISA 200
• Lots of technical terms to learn
• As such, of minor importance to P7• Reasonable Assurance
– High, but not perfect level of assurance• Material
– Something that could affect users’ decisions on FS
• Sufficient Appropriate Evidence
– Sufficient = enough, and depends on risk, judgment, quality ofevidence collected
– Appropriate = relevant to assertions, reliable (e.g. from a 3rd
Party is better than from directors)
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ISA 200 continued
• Professional Judgment
– Use your training and experience, and consult colleagues
• Professional Skepticism (P7 important)
– Questioning mind, be critical and do not assume client is right
• Misstatement
– Mistake caused by error, or deliberate fraud
• Audit Risk
– Risk of material misstatements, and auditor fails to detect
– Assess risk, and respond to them (with audit work)
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ISA 200 continued
• Audits are not perfect – LIMITATIONS• Heavy use of judgment
• IAS often offers choice of accounting treatments
• Directors have incentive to lie to auditors
• Auditors cannot check everything
• Fraud, Related Party Transactions hard to identify
• In other words, REASONABLE assurance, not TOTAL!
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ISA 200 continued
• For an audit to take place, there are
PRECONDITIONS:
– Company using an acceptable FR framework
– Directors accept responsibilities for:
• To prepare FS under this FR framework
• To maintain suitable IC Systems to protect FS
•To provide auditors with all evidence
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ISA 200 continued
• Audit Standards – structure• Objective/Aim
• Required actions by auditor
• Guidance
• Introduction
• Examples
• Definitions
• Help for audits of smaller companies
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ISA 210 – Terms of Engagement
• Only accept audit engagement if:• Preconditions in place (see ISA 200)
• Terms understood by auditor and management
• To ensure understanding of term …
ENGAGEMENT LETTER
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ISA 210 – Engagement Letter
• The terms of the audit assignment (contract)• Responsibilities of auditor and management
• Which FR framework, and which audit standards
• Limitations of an audit
• Explanation of audit process
• Explanation of communication with TCWG, and when
• Whether experts, client’s Internal Audit to help
• Fees
• Any liability restriction
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ISA 220 – Quality Control
• Covers QC on each audit engagement
• (A general QC standard ISQC1 covers QC
within an audit firm overall)
– QC at acceptance / reappointment stage
• E.g. check competence
– Careful selection of staff for the team
– Engagement Partner to ensure:
• Supervision and Direction
• Review of Work
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ISA 220 – Quality Control
• Engagement Quality Control Review, by
independent partner, before sign-off (hot!)
– For all Listed companies
– Any other high risk clients
• Lessons learned from Firm’s overall
monitoring (i.e. cold reviews) to be taken into
account on each audit assignment
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ISA 220 – Quality Control
• ISQC1 – QC at Firm overall:
– QC comes from top … leadership of partners
– Pre-acceptance checks on ALL work
– Ensure Ethics in place
– Careful recruitment/training of Firm’s staff
– Monitoring of work (cold review process) on
continual basis
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ISA 230 - Documentation
• Document everything, to show ISAs followed• Helps in planning and review of work
• Helps in future quality control checks of audit files
– An experienced auditor should be able tounderstand work done, conclusions reached
• Amount of documentation will depend onsize, complexity of client, risk, nature of work
done etc.
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ISA 230 continued
• All working papers should say:• WHAT work was done, and WHY
• WHO did it, and WHO reviewed it
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WHEN the work, and review, were done• HOW was work done
• CONCLUSIONS reached
• How JUDGMENT was used, if relevant
•May STANDARDISE working papers
• Helps quality, junior staff, review
• May result in too “mechanical” approach, no judgment
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ISA 230 continued
• CURRENT AUDIT FILE• All working papers for current year audit
• Whole process from draft FS to final FS
• PERMANENT AUDIT FILE• Working papers of use in future year audits
– Organisation structure / info on company history
– Long term documents (leases, grants, loans)
– Control System description
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ISA 240 - Fraud
• Definition of fraud• Stealing assets of company
• Fraudulent financial reporting (deliberate
misstatements or omissions in FS)
• Responsibility to prevent and detect…
– MANAGEMENT and Those Charged with
Governance (TCWG)• Auditor responsibility
• To assess risks of fraud (ISA 315) and respond (ISA 330)
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ISA 240 continued
• To Assess Risks of Fraud• Be aware of those who have MOTIVE + OPPORTUNITY
• Discuss Fraud in audit planning meeting
• Assess Internal Controls re. fraud
• Audit Work/Response re Fraud Risks• Maintain prof skepticism
• Ask client’s Internal Audit and TCWG for info
• Check all journal entries, and estimates for bias
• Get a Mgmnt representation (ISA 580) – all fraud suspicionsreported to auditors
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ISA 250 – Laws + Regs at Clients
• Auditor responsibilities• Understand relevant laws and regs of client
– Enquire of mgmnt / client’s legal advisers
– Inspect Board Minutes for discussion of breaches / new rules
• To tell mgmnt / TCWG of any breaches of laws bycompany
• To report to external regulator / police as necessary
• Consider effect on FS
– Provision for fines/penalties – Accrual for legal costs
– Serious breach – potential Going Concern
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ISA 260 – Communicating with TCWG
• WHY?• As part of process to understand client
• To agree audit / client responsibilities
• Discuss ethical threats and proposed safeguards• Agree audit plan
• Discuss audit findings at completion stage
• Inform TCWG of any misstatements not corrected by
mgmnt
• Explain proposed audit report
• Difficulties experienced during audit
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ISA 265 – Mgmnt Letter to TCWG
• Communicating significant deficiencies in ICS• Controls not working properly
• Controls missing completely
• Deficiencies / Consequences /Recommendations for Improvement
• Covering Letter• Only those problems found in normal audit process so
not comprehensive list of problems company has
• Only for use by mgmnt – no 3rd Party use of Letter
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ISA 300 - 330
• ISA 300 – Planning
• ISA 315 – Understanding Entity & Environment
(to identify audit risks)
• ISA 320 – Materiality
• ISA 330 – Responding to Risks
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ISA 300 – Audit Planning
• Why Plan• Time allocated to important areas of FS
• To identify likely problems as soon as possible
• Efficiency of audit process• To allow a review at the completion phase
• To identify need for experts / specialist staff
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Strategy v Detailed Plan• Strategy is overview, Plan is risk assessment / response
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ISA 300 – Strategy v Plan
• STRATEGY• What FR they use / reporting requirements (e.g. listed)
• Timetable for audit
• Client-relevant info from prior years / since last year
• Interim Audit pre y/e? Stocktake to attend?
• Resources needed (experts, 2nd partner for review?)
• DETAILED AUDIT PLAN• When to do risk assessment (Interim Audit?) and WHO and
HOW• What audit work to do in RESPONSE to these risks, and WHO
will do it (and WHEN!)
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ISA 315 – Identifying Risk
• Understand Client and its Environment• Enquire of management
• Analytical Procs (to see how figures inter-relate)
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Inspect operations / website / mgmnt accounts• Last year’s audit papers
• Info Required• Industry laws and regulations
• Directors• Plans and accounting policies
• Business model, key customers, suppliers, regulators
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ISA 315 – Risk Assessment (continued)
• 5 Elements of IC System• Control Environment
– Mgmnt style, attitude, org. structure, ethics, HR policies,
training of staff
• Control Procedures/Activities
– CARCAP, from class notes!!
• Info System
– How transactions initiated, processed and recorded
• Risk Assessment
• Monitoring (by Internal Audit)
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ISA 315 – Audit Risk
• Risk of material misstatement (FS Risk) and
substantive tests fail to detect them (D Risk)
• Audit Risk = FS Risk x Detection Risk
• FS Risk = Inherent Risk x Control Risk
• IR and CR – overall FS (e.g. Going Concern
Threats, poor Control Environment)
• IR and CR – specific ASSERTIONS (see next
slide)
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ISA 315 - Assertions
• INCOME STATEMENT• C ompleteness
• O ccurrence
• C ut-Off • C lassification
• A ccurate Value
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ISA 315 - Assertions
• BALANCE SHEET / ST of FIN POSITION• C ompleteness
• O wnership (“Rights & Obligations”)
• V aluation
• E xistence
• DISCLOSURE NOTES• C ompleteness
• O ccurrence• V alues correctly disclosed
• U nderstandable / clearly presented and explained
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ISA 315 – Controls
• Limitations• Human error
• Collusion
• Mgmnt override them
• Computer Controls• General (passwords, back-ups, security, anti-virus)
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Application (range limits, sequence checks)
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ISA 320 - Materiality
An item is material if it could affect the decisionsof users of the FS
• By SIZE (Quantitative)• 0.5%-1% Revenue
• 1%-2% Assets
• 5%-10% Profit
• By NATURE (Qualitative)• E.g. director pay
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ISA 320 – Materiality (continued)
• Materiality affects• Assessment of importance of FS risks
• Sample sizes
• Performance Materiality• Smaller than Materiality, to recognise that during audit
process smaller misstatements will add up!
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End of audit• Aggregate all misstatements to assess overall effect
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ISA 330 – Responding to Risks
• By doing AUDIT TESTS!• Control Tests (did controls operate throughout year)
• Substantive Tests- using tests (AEIOU) to get evidence
(DADA3) to verify assertions (COVED) about balancesand disclosures
• If CONTROLS good, reduce Sub Tests
• Other responses to risks• Increase prof skepticism
• Increase seniority of audit team staff
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ISA 402 – 450
• ISA 402 – Service Organisations
• ISA 450 – Evaluating Misstatements
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ISA 402 – Service Organisations
• Companies outsource some things
• If this thing relates to numbers in the FS, may
be hard for auditor to get evidence
• To get evidence about controls:• Get written report from the service provider’s own
external auditors
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Just a description of the IC Systems (Type 1 Report) – Opinion on effectiveness of the IC Systems (Type 2 Report)
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ISA 450 – Evaluating Misstatements
• This standard applies Materiality (ISA 320) to
the misstatements found during the audit.• Record ALL misstatements found (unless trivial)
• Ask mgmnt to correct them, or explain why not• For misstatements they will not correct:
– Add up to assess if combined effect is material
– Get Mgmnt Rep to confirm they are not correcting them
purely due to immateriality
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ISA 500 - 580
• ISA 500 – Evidence• ISA 501 – Evidence: Specific Items
• ISA 505 – External Confirmations
• ISA 510 – Initial Audits: Opening Balances
• ISA 520 – Analytical Procedures• ISA 530 – Sampling
• ISA 540 – Audit of Estimates
• ISA 550 – Audit of Related Parties
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ISA 560 – Subsequent Events• ISA 570 – Going Concern
• ISA 580 – Written Representations
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ISA 500 – Audit Evidence
• Sufficient Appropriate Evidence:• Sufficient = quantity, depends on risk, quality of
evidence
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Appropriate = Relevant and Reliable – Relevant = to an assertion
– Reliable = 3rd Party, auditor-obtained, original documents are
better than client-provided and oral
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ISA 500 – Audit Evidence
• Types of audit test:
–Analytical Procedures• Comparing current year with last year, Industry etc.
–Enquiry and Confirmation• Ask questions and get written replies
–Inspection (of documents, of assets)
–Observation (of controls happening)
– Recalc U lation
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ISA 501 – Evidence (Specific Items)
• Inventory
– Attend client stocktakes
• Liaise with Internal Audit if multi-location
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May need to use experts (e.g. to assess WIP)• If count not y/e, attempt roll-back or roll-forward
• At final audit, check stocktake list to final stock list
– Legal Claims against company
•Confirmation from client’s lawyers on details
• Written Rep from mgmnt / Board minutes on whetherthey plan to fight it or settle out of court
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ISA 505 – External Confirmations
• Positive confirmations• Must reply, either to confirm/dispute balance or to fill
in a balance
• Negative confirmations• Reply needed only if disagreeing with balance
• If mgmnt do not want auditor to contact a
customer• Report it to Audit Committee
• Get alternative evidence about this balance
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ISA 510 – New audit clients, Opening
Balances
• Known as “Initial audits”• Audited by another firm last year, or;
• Company never audited before
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Issues• If Op Bals wrong, likely to affect current year?
• If Comparatives wrong … see ISA 710
• Work• Agree Op Bals to last year’s FS
• Get working papers from the other firm
• If last year’s audit report modified, may affect this year
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ISA 520 – Analytical Procedures
• Used at:• PLANNING (ISA 315 covers this)
• As a SUBSTANTIVE test (part of AEIOU)
• At COMPLETION phase
• Method• Compare auditor EXPECTATION with DRAFT FS
• If expectation uses predicted relationships, and is close todraft figure, may be enough evidence in itself
• Use prior year, Industry, budgets, ratios etc.
• Completion Stage• To take account of figures (and expectations) changing
during audit
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ISA 530 - Sampling
• Aim = REPRESENTATIVE sample• Sample has same characteristics as population
• Then can EXTRAPOLATE results from sample to
population overall• Use statistical sampling (RANDOM + probability theory)
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ISA 530 - Sampling
• Lots of terms to know:• SAMPLING UNIT – item being tested (e.g. an invoice)
• STRATIFICATION – break population into sub-
populations (e.g. by value, or by age)• SAMPLING RISK – risk sample is not representative
• NON-SAMPLING RISK – risk audit staff mess up test
• ANOMALY – error that is clearly a one-off (rare!!)
• TOLERABLE MISSTATEMENT – maximum erroracceptable in a sample (based on Perf Materiality)
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ISA 530 - Sampling
• SAMPLE SELECTION METHODS• Random (best method)
• Value-Weighted (random, where sampling unit is each
individual $)• Block (not good – simple, as it picks a “block” of
transactions or balances, unlikely to be representative)
• Haphazard (audit staff manual attempt to be random,
hard to avoid bias though)
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ISA 540 – Audit of Estimates
• Estimates include:• Uncertain future events
• Valuation of items (e.g. assets)
• If estimate does not turn into actual, this doesNOT mean the estimate was bad at that time!
• Issues – How management measures them – The models used (if relevant)
– Expert used / Assumptions used / level of uncertainty
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ISA 540 – Audit of Estimates
• Audit work on estimates• Prior year v actual (to assess their methods)
• Post y/e latest events
•Assess mgmnt’s estimation methods
• Auditor expectation v the estimate
• Assumptions used by mgmnt – realistic?
• Get a Written Rep confirming best estimate
• Audit the expert (if one used)! (ISA 620)
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ISA 550 – Related Parties
• Audit team should discuss related parties at
planning, as part of fraud assessment
• Enquiry of management as to whether all RP
told to audit team, and all RPT disclosed in FS
• Compare to p/y FS list of RPT disclosed
• Assess company controls to highlight RPT
• Read AGM and Board Meeting Minutes for
discussion of RPT
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ISA 550 – Related Parties
• Clues it is a RPT:
– No obvious business logic to transaction
– Strange price or payment terms
– Non-commercial basis (i.e. not arm’s length)
• If discover RPT yourself (client did not tell
you), inform Audit Committee
• Increase scepticism when dealing with RPT
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ISA 560 – Subsequent Events
• The audit of IAS 10 matters (EARP / PBSE)• PBSE are events between y/e and date FS signed
• Give evidence of company’s position at y/e, then
ADJUSTING• Do not give such evidence, then NON-ADJUSTING
• If non-adjusting, could be so significant to need
DISCLOSURE
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SSA 560 – Subsequent Events
• The problem is this – sometimes the event
that happens BEFORE FS are signed is not
discovered until AFTER FS are signed.
• But if the event was before FS were signed, it
is an IAS 10 EARP and may be adjustable, or
disclosable.
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ISA 560 – Subsequent Events
• Auditor audits as normal (active duty) up to
date audit report is signed (after FS signed).
• After that date, duty becomes “passive”.
• If a EARP is DISCOVERED after FS and Audit Report
signed (but event OCCURRED before FS signed), assess
if it is:
– Adjustable
– Non-adjustable, but disclosable
• Ask Board if they plan to correct the FS (they should do)
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ISA 560 – Subsequent Events
• If directors change the FS: – Check the correction done properly
– Check they changed nothing else!
– The IAS 10 applicable date has now moved forward to the
later date the new revised FS are signed – so audit the gap
– Sign new audit report, with Emphasis of Matter to explain that
the FS were revised, and the initial audit report can be ignored
• If directors refuse to change FS: – Get legal advice
– Speak at AGM
– Consider resignation
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ISA 570 – Going Concern
• Auditor must:• Assess if Going Concern basis of preparation is correct
• Assess any disclosures of GC threats
• FRS 1• FS normally prepared under GC assumption
• This means company expected to continue for > 1 year
• If not, use alternative basis of preparation
• Disclose any significant GC threats in a FS Note
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ISA 570 – Going Concern
• Indicators of GC problems• Net liabilities
• Loans need to be repaid soon (or other big outflows)
•Suppliers denying credit
• Loss of key staff / products / markets
• Legal claims / regulatory investigations
• New competitors
• Losses / poor cash position
• Ratio analysis looks bad
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ISA 570 – Going Concern
• Audit Work• Review forecasts (and whether assumptions realistic)
• Mgmnt Accounts since y/e for latest results
•Loan agreements
• Board Minutes
• Get a Written Representation
• Recent orders received
• Correspondence with bank
• Availability of cash / assets to sell (or use for secured
loan)
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ISA 570 – Going Concern
• If not a GC, but they used GC basis of prep:• Adverse Opinion
• If a GC, but there are threats not disclosed:• “Except for” qualified opinion, or Adverse, depending
on the nature of the missing disclosure
• If a GC, with threats, which ARE disclosed in
FS:• Unmodified opinion, plus Emphasis of Matter
paragraph
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ISA 580 – Written Representations
• Confirmations from management of:• Responsibility for FS and IC System
• All evidence given to auditors
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To support other evidence – Specific matters (e.g. a legal case)
– Going Concern
– All fraud issues told to auditors
– All contingent liabilities disclosed
– That any uncorrected misstatements are immaterial
– All estimates are best estimate
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ISA 600 - 620
• ISA 600 - Audit of Group FS (inc. reliance on
work of Component Auditors)
• ISA 610 – Reliance on work of internal audit
• ISA 620 – Reliance on auditor’s expert
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ISA 600 – Audit of Group FS
• Group auditor fully responsible for opinion• If other firm audited a sub (component auditor),
cannot mention this fact in audit report
• Must understand all subs in the group
• For material subs in group:• If not the auditor, must discuss audit with the sub’s
auditors (the component auditor)
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Must review audit work of this component auditor• Consider materiality both at Group level, and
for each Sub
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ISA 600 – Audit of Groups
• Bear in mind errors at subs could add up to a
material error at Group level
• Ensure all audit teams in group audit are
aware of fraud issues, and Related Parties
• Ensure Group Auditor’s audit methods in use
by all auditors of all subs• May have to tell component auditors to do additional
work, to comply with group audit methods
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ISA 600 – Audit of Groups
• If component auditor is overseas:• Check whether they follow a Code of Ethics
• Is their audit work subject to external monitoring
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Which audit standards do they follow – In other words, can you rely on the quality of their
work?
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ISA 600 – Audit of Groups
• Audit of Consolidation Process• Check each Sub’s FS to consolidation schedule
• Assess classification of each component (i.e. is it a Sub,
an Associate, a JV etc)• Cancel out intra-group transactions
• Check Goodwill calculation, and assess if impaires
• Check the schedule adds up!!
• Check Forex retranslated in line with IAS 21• Check adjustments ok for different policies, different
year ends
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ISA 610 – Using work of Internal Audit
• If client has Internal Audit, its work may be
relied upon by External Audit• External auditor retains responsibility in full for audit
opinion• Only rely if IA work relevant, properly planned and
documented etc.
• Assess IA
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Independent? – Competent / qualified staff?
– Work done with due professional care
ISA 610 – Using the work of Internal
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ISA 610 – Using the work of Internal
Audit
• Other considerations:• Communicate with IA to help assess risk of material
misstatement in FS at planning
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For judgment areas of FS, and high risk areas, do notrely much on IA work, EA should do it themselves
• Do not use IA to help with 3rd Party confirmations
• Communicate plans to rely on IA to TCWG (ISA 260)
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Where relying on IA work, reperform some first toensure it is reliable
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ISA 620 – Reliance on Experts
• Auditor may use an expert to help audit
• If hire OWN expert, not client’s, easier to:
• Get independence
• Control their work
• Consider:• Independence
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Competence• experience
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ISA 700 - 720
• ISA 700 – Audit Reports
• ISA 705 – Modified Opinions
• ISA 706 – Emphasis of Matter & Other Matter
• ISA 710 – Comparative figures
• ISA 720 – Other Information
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ISA 700 – Auditor’s Report
• Content required:• Title (including word “Independent”)
• Introduction (listing the FS audited)
• Responsibilities (of management and auditor)
• Description / Basis
– How work done
– Whether sufficient appropriate evidence obtained
• Opinion
– Whether FS are true and fair• Report on Other Legal Matters
– Those matters required by your specific government
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ISA 705 – Modified Opinions
• 4 Modified Opinions• Qualified “Except for” material misstatement
• Qualified “Except for” lack of evidence
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Adverse opinion (“not a true and fair view”)• Disclaimer (“we do not give an opinion”)
• Adverse and Disclaimer if pervasive:• Pervasive = affects many balances, or a single balance /
disclosure in a fundamental way
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ISA 705 – Modified Opinions
• Above Opinion• “Basis for qualified / adverse / disclaimer of opinion”
– Describes why opinion being modified
– E.g. the IAS being breached and financial effect
– E.g. the missing evidence and reason it is missing
• When modifying, inform TCWG (see ISA 260)
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ISA 706 – E of M and OM Paragraphs
• Additional communication to shareholders, onmatters that are audit related.
• However, no effect on audit opinion
• Emphasis of Matter• Where something in FS needs to be highlighted
• Extra paragraph under Opinion
• Refer to the FS Note being highlighted
• Make clear opinion not modified
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Other Matter• Same as E of M, except the matter to be highlighted is NOT
in FS, and is INCORRECT (eg error in Chairman Statement)
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ISA 706 – E of M and OM paragraphs
• Emphasis of Matter examples:• Audit Report revised and reissued (as per ISA 560)
(note, this example very unlikely in exam)
• Major Going Concern threat disclosed correctly in FS
• Other Matter example:• Inconsistency in “Other Information” (ISA 720)
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ISA 710 - Comparatives
• Relates to prior year figures in current year FS• Make sure b/f = c/f from last year
• Ensure consistent accounting policies with last year
• Audit Report issues• Prior year modified opinion unresolved, means
comparatives are / might be wrong – so report it!
• Can modify opinion if this year you find a mistake in last
year’s figures
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ISA 720 – Other Information
• Credibility of audited FS may be undermined…
• …by inconsistent info within the Other Info
– Read the Other Information pre-audit report
– If problem, tell TCWG
– May need to get legal advice
– Other Matter paragraph
– May need to resign